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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand how you feel. The first Father's Day after my dad died unexpectedly was so painful. I was with friends who were complaining about the burden of "having" to call their fathers that day.  I felt like shaking them, and saying how much I would give to trade places with them.

The first year is the hardest. Your feelings are normal. There will always be times that you miss your mom. But eventually, they will become less frequent, and be mixed with happy memories of the times you were lucky to share.

I am sorry for your loss, and wish I could give you a hug. We were both lucky to have had loving moms. You were  was probably one of her greatest sources of pride and happiness.[/quote]

All of this.  It is hard and it sucks and it is more than okay to acknowledge the envy and sadness you feel.  It’s been 15 years for me and the most helpful thing anyone told me was that I will never “get over” the loss, but I’d learn to live with it.  But sometimes, usually out of the blue, something just realllllly gets to me.  And in those moments, I have a good cry and acknowledge the feelings and remember to be grateful to have had something so wonderful.  Sometimes that is enough to get me over the hump.  Not always, so lather, rinse, repeat and punch a pillow.  [/quote]

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